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Thursday, March 28 2002 I
weighed myself today (unofficially) and I still weigh the same. No loss, no
gain. I do have to say though that my muscles feel BIG. That doesn’t mean I feel
big or heavy it’s just my muscles so I’m thinking that they’re just trying to
get back into the groove of things after that long break and that’s maybe why
I weigh the same. Now,
about my water, I did really good last week but have managed to slow down on
my water drinking this week. I’ve
seen some serious changes in my body though, since I bought THE FIRM
tapes I’ve been “feeling” different. They have this tape that’s a 5 day
workout for abdominals, you do an average of 6 minutes of abdominal work a
day (they’re tough !) and they guarantee that you’ll see results after 10
workouts, well, it’s true, you can totally see my abdominals outlined, it’s
truly incredible. So as the days go by I get more and more confident that I’m
on the right track, I don’t care how long it takes, just seeing these slight
changes is thrilling !
Tuesday, March 26 2002 Today
I’m celebrating ! It’s been exactly 1 year since I started my weight loss
journey. I can’t believe how fast time has gone by, it seems as though I just
started a few weeks ago. Looking back at what I’ve done so far and the
results I’ve gotten would I want things to be different ? Well, of course I
wish I had already lost ALL the excess weight I have but I think I’ve done it
the right way this time. I’m following a sensitive program that I know I can
commit to, not something that I’ll immediately drop or just get tired of
doing it. I’ve lost somewhere in the area of 25 lbs. during this year, my
main loss has been in inches (at least 2 sizes) and yes, I know there are
people that lose so much faster than me but I’m not doing ANY sort of diet,
I’m eating sensibly, I’ll occasionally eat junk food but I don’t get stuck
there. I exercise around 2 hours a day and this has become such an important
part of my day that if I don’t do it I feel upset and uncomfortable. I read
somewhere once that in order to have permanent weight loss you have to do it
gradually, it should take something like 2 years to get to your ideal
weight (don’t know if this is
correct, I read it a long time ago) so if I stay on track I will definitely
be at my ideal weight by next March and I can hardly wait ! This
is the first time in my life that I follow through I weight loss program for
so long, why has it worked so far ? I think it’s the fact that it’s something
I can live with for the rest of my life, it’s not restricting food wise, I
don’t feel limited so I don’t feel guilty when I overdue it, I’ve been
gradually increasing my exercise (and I love it) and I can totally see myself
doing this FOREVER ! So
on this very special day for me I plan to celebrate, how ? I plan to go home
later on and put on my exercise clothes, pop an exercise video in the VCR and
have an amazing workout, really put everything into it, then I plan on doing
at least 30 mins. of yoga just to feel the stretch in my muscles. I can’t
believe it’s already been a year, I’m ready to start on year 2 !
Sunday, March 24 2002 It’s
amazing what a little willpower can accomplish. I’ve been doing really good
with my eating and exercise and my body feels good :) Yesterday
I was supposed to do my bike and some weight lifting but I got caught up on
some things I was doing and I wasn’t going to have enough time to finish my
whole routine so I decided to do “THE FIRM”-upper body instead. I insist,
these people sure know what they’re doing when it comes to exercise. The link
to them is right here. While you’re doing
the workout it doesn’t seem that hard at all, it’s actually kind of fun even
though the trainers talk like they’re in a sex video but believe me you
totally feel the workout the next day. Anyway,
besides the fact that I’m really soar today I’m in an excellent mood. On
Friday I went shopping for shorts, it’s starting to get hot out and the ones
I have are too big on me (never thought I’d say that :) ) so off I go to the
shops and all the shorts were REALLY short, I haven’t felt comfortable in
short shorts for a LONG time, I feel like a blimp ! After looking all over I
realized that either I buy these or use the ones I have so just out of
curiosity I decide to try on a pair of those really short shorts (they’re not THAT short but I usually wear
bermuda types) size 13 was as high as they went in sizes so right then and
there I thought “They’re never going to fit” I manage to pull them up without
a problem, button them, zip them and looked at myself in the mirror, hmmm...I
liked how they looked, my legs looked nicely shaped and my butt looked
“perky”. So I bought them and I can truly say I feel good in them, another
reason to stay motivated and focused.
Friday, March 22 2002 The
damage report is in, you can look at it here. As you can see I gained 1 kilo or 2 lbs. and 1 cm almost everywhere.
What do I think happened ? Well, first of all I didn’t exercise for almost 1
month (20 days), didn’t drink enough water and ate fatty foods. While I was
on vacation my diet consisted of Mc Donalds, Country Buffet, Burger King,
pizzas, etc... I’m actually surprised I didn’t gain more ! When I first saw
the results for my measures I got really upset, why did I sabotage myself
like that ? It’s as if I had gone and done everything I couldn’t do in my
everyday life. Then it dawned on me, I was on vacation, it’s the first time I
have to “deal” with the new me under those circumstances, in other words I
have to learn how to act committed to my weight loss and new life while I’m
on vacation. I don’t want to be to hard on myself, I mean it’s not like I
gained 10 lbs. or something but I did totally ignore calories, fat grams,
etc... What
lesson did I learn from this ? I’m still thinking about it. I guess the most
important thing is the fact that I KNOW more than anything else in this life
that I made the right choice when I decided to lose weight and take care of
myself because as soon as I came back I got right back on the program. Even
today, I’m dead tired from exercising, it was almost like starting over or at
least that’s what you’d think the way my body was hurting, and I know I have
2 more days to go to complete my exercise week. I could easily convince
myself of taking today off, using excuses like not being able to move my legs
because of the muscle soarness, make myself believe that it’ll be ok, I can
exercise tomorrow and by next week all the soarness and pain will be gone and
then I can get back into my old exercise mode. If I do that I’ll be giving
in, giving in to the old me, the one that took control of me on my vacation
and paid no attention to what I ate, drank or did. So, as this battle with
the bulge continues I realize I can never let my guard down, even for a
second, because the old, fat, lazy me is still lurking around, and even
though I thought that after 1 year she would be close to dead she just proved
to me she’s as strong as ever and willing to give me the battle of my life. The
way I look at it now is either I take control of the situation immediately or
those 2 lbs. I gained will easily transform themselves into 25 in the wink of
an eye. Let
the games begin.
Wednesday, March 20 2002 When
I lift weights I usually stand in front of a mirror, this is supposed to help
you move correctly and help you stay focused and motivated (it’s worked for
me !) so anyway I was working on my upper body and I noticed my collar bone.
For the longest time now I couldn’t see it but now it just sticks out. So my
body is still changing, I was getting really bummed out (not to the point of
quitting) but just wondering if this is how I was going to stay forever,
maybe this was the way my body was supposed to be. To see a change in my
body, even if it’s a small one is really motivating, it means that I’m
getting there. I
still haven’t lost any weight but I’ll be measuring myself on Thursday to see
if I’ve lost any cms. I’ve also picked up on my water drinking (around 130
oz. a day), I don’t feel bloated and the bags under my eyes disappeared, I
came back from vacation with puffy eyes now I know it was due to the lack of
water. I’ll
be doing a video today, “THE FIRM” lower body I believe, I haven’t done it
yet and I’m really looking forward to doing it, all the other “FIRM” tapes
have kicked my but so I suppose this one won’t be much different. Have
a great day.
Tuesday, March 19 2002 Ahhhh.....I’m
back in control. All the chaos of the past few days has finally vanished and
my life is back to normal. I found myself doubting about working out
yesterday, I have to admit I was extremely tired, sleepy and I thought to
myself “Just take one more day off, it won’t hurt you at all” but I felt soooo guilty about even
considering this. I dragged my body towards my coffee pot and took a cup,
after 2 cups of coffee I was awake and ready to go ! I think it’s like a
vicious cycle, you don’t exercise and your energy levels drop so you feel to
tired to exercise and so on, until you stop the cycle. Today I thought I
would have a hard time waking up but I had no problem at all, on the contrary
I feel GREAT ! As
I was exercising last night I felt my heart pumping and I was getting soooo
exhausted, I still remember 3 weeks ago that same exact tape seemed to be too
easy, as if I weren’t working out at all, I really don’t understand that.
I’ve exercised for a whole year, from 5 to 6 days a week and I miss out 3
weeks and come back and feel as if I’m starting all over again. I really
thought my body was conditioned but I guess not. It’s
gotten really hot where I live so I exercise in the evening when it’s cooled
off a little, still I sweat a lot so after my workout I take a delicious
shower which totally relaxes me and then I watch a movie with my sweetie. I
tell you, it can’t get much better than this :) Have
a beautiful day !
Monday, March 18 2002 I
literally passed out all weekend, I was just so tired and sleepy that I
decided to take it easy and get ready to start my program filled with energy.
I feel a lot better today (except for my period) but that should not be a
problem to resume my exercise routine. I
did exercise on Friday and Saturday and my body was in severe pain, I know it
doesn’t feel exactly as when I first started a year ago (it was a lot worse
then) but still, it bums me out although I really like this pain. I’m
so excited about getting back on track with my exercise, today I’m doing my
Reebok tape (aerobics) which lasts about 45 mins. and then I’m going to do
some yoga (I really miss that). Tomorrow is bike day and then tape day,
etc... I need to get more exercise videos so I won’t get bored with them,
right now I have 5 which is good considering I don’t do them everyday but
still, I want to keep my motivation high. Somehow I also think that if I have
a wide variety of tapes I’ll be making my body work on more muscle groups and
I’ll keep pushing it for results. I
had a setback on my water drinking while I was on vacation, I did drink some
but not even close to the amount I’m used to drinking while I’m home, why you
might ask ? Well, basically because of the pipi issue, you know how you drink
one glass of water and you pi 5? Well, at least I do, so it wouldn’t be a lot
of fun to be running around, visiting people, going to museums, shopping,
etc.. and having to stop at a bathroom every 5 seconds. Now that I’m back I’m
drinking water like there’s no tomorrow and I’ve noticed some changes, first
of all I feel like my skin isn’t so dry anymore, I also feel a lot “lighter”
and I feel more relaxed. Have
a beautiful Monday :)
Friday, March 15 2002 I’m
back from my vacation and everything went superb ! My dad couldn’t believe
how much weight I had lost, as soon as he saw me his jaw dropped, I was so
happy about that because there is no better reward for all the effort
invested in my weight loss. I was worried there for a while because I went 20
days without exercising and I ate a lot, it got to the point where I thought
I had gained. I visited an uncle and I stepped on the scale in his house and
it said I had gained 7 lbs. !!!!!!!! I was so upset about this that I almost
swore off food for good. None the less I kept eating all sorts of rich foods
and figured that I was on vacation and I could do without the guilt so I made
a self promise that I would not punish myself and just resume my weight loss
when I got back home. Today
I stepped on the scale and it read 166 lbs. I’m at the same weight I was when
I left for my trip, I managed to be without guilt and I didn’t gain ! I
bought 4 workout tapes called THE FIRM, it’s a sort of aerobic exercise mixed
with weights and I decided to try one out this morning, OH MY GOD !!!!!! It
kicked my ass, when I was working my shoulders I could literally feel my arms
burn and right now my body hurts a lot. I don’t know if this is because I
haven’t exercised or because they’re really good exercises, it must be that
they’re good, there’s no way that missing 20 days of workouts will undo
everything I’ve accomplished in a year. I
just realized that next March 26 it’ll be exactly 1 year since I started
exercising. I haven lost a lot of weight, just around 25 lbs. but my body has
changed dramatically, I’ve lost at least 3 clothes sizes and I feel energized
and good. Hmmm....
who would have ever thought that I’d last so long, not me, that’s for sure,
now I can’t imagine my life being any other way.
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